quick comment

i absolutely hate the commercialization and marketing of CRAP to children. when I was pregnant with august and facing two baby showers i pleaded with people:NO DISNEY. i hate hate hate disney. i hate clothes with GAP on the front. i will buy gap clothes if on sale and not branded with their logo. my children are not unpaid advertisers. it's bad enough that they get to watch a few things on dvd, but tv is out of the question now that august is getting old enough to notice commercials. i try to limit their exposure even to the dvds, because i get so tired of the constant begging to watch them.
i, however, was not the mom in joann fabrics, at bedtime, with a squirmy toddler strapped to her back. i was not the mom who bought said toddler spongebob squarepants flannel to get him to stop yelling "DUB DUB DUB DUB BOB BOB BOB DUB" across the store. i was also not the mom who stayed up late making a blankey out of the flannel for the toddler and will be getting up early to make one for the toddler's older brother who will be insanely jealous and freak out until he, too, has a DUB DUB blankey. sigh.